Psarisomus dalhousiae (Jameson, 1835) (1 Viewer)

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Psarisomus dalhousiae (Jameson, 1835) OD v.18 (1834-1835) - The Edinburgh new philosophical journal - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Professor Jameson exhibited a new bird, which appeared to belong to the genus Eurylaimus, and which he named Dalhousiæ in honour of the Countess of Dalhousie, who has long been distinguised as an enthusiastic admirer of nature, and a successful cultivator of natural history.

dalhousiei as in:
• the (invalid) Dalhousie's Owl Strix Dalhousiei BROWN 1835 (here), in Illustrations of the American ornithology of Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucian Bonaparte: with the addition of numerous recently discovered species ... , a name/version not included in today's Key ... which must be (mustn't it?) an earlier version of S. [Strix] Dalhousiana, here, from 1837 (by McGillivray?: "named in honour of Lady Dalhousie, who ..."). Note that it was written "S. Dalhousiei" on the Plate (No. 8, fig.3) here, in the 1837 work, left corner of plate, tiny print [either way; still a synonym of today's Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)].

Sherborn here.

Thereby; shouldn't Dalhousiana be considered as an incorrect subsequent spelling? Alt. an unjustified alteration?

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PPS. Simply for completeness sake; the only other bird/name (that I know of) aimed at the same dedicatee: the Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae JAMESON 1835 (here), as [Eurylaimus] "Dalhousiæ", commemorating the same Lady, the "Countess of Dalhousie".

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae Jameson, 1835
Christina Ramsay née Broun (1786–1839) was the wife of the 9th Earl of Dalhousie (1818–1856). He was one of Wellington's commanders in the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo. He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia and was Governor of Canada (1828), then Commanderin-Chief, East Indies (1829–1832).

The Key to Scientific Names - Birds of the World

Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

birdsoftheworld.org

Christina Brown Countess of Dalhousie (1786-1839) Scottish plant- and fern-collector, wife of George Ramsay 9th Earl of Dalhousie, Commander in Chief, East Indies (syn. Aegolius acadicus, Psarisomus).

I just opened this thread as I am a little bit confound about her first name. If we read Christian Ramsay - Wikipedia or Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie, Christian (1786-1839) on JSTOR or Family tree of Christian Broun of Colstoun the name is Christian and not Christina. At least in German Christian is usually a male name. Just a typo by one and than copy and paste avalanche?

Plants named for her:
Cheilanthes dalhousieæ Hook vol. 2 (1858) - Species filicum - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Cynanchum dalhousieae Wight Contributions to the botany of India
Dalhousiea Wall. ex Benth. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/AWMN_2_0061-0142.pdf p. 69
Rhododendron dalhousiae Hook The rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya - Biodiversity Heritage Library

 

[mb1848]

Christian Ramsay in wikipedia has her mother with the same first name. So at least two typos?

 

[PScofield]

Her name was definitely Christian as was her mothers. "In the Middle Ages, Christian was a female name, but turned male with the introduction of the hero of John Bunyan's “The Pilgrim's Progress."

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Also see E. B. Ramsay (in Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character, vol. II), 1862:

But here, on mention of the name Christian, Countess of Dalhousie, may I pause a moment to recall the memory of one who was a very remarkable person. She was ...

[from here, p.155]​

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